Jimlad1,
I found your thoughts in your blog very interesting and I think, for the most part, I concur. Or I woud if I were a bit more interested in the whole affair. Well written, anyway, even if some here disagree.
For the Scots here, I don't think you can transfer regiments, squadrons or ships' crews to a foreign force without all the people concened resigning and the officers revoking their Queen's commisions first. It could only be done on a volunteer AND nationality basis, so that makes the situation in your analysis even more complex.
If Mr Salmond thinks he can pick and choose what he wants from the sweet shop when Scotland deserts the Union, I suspect he might be in for a nasty surprise.
Who says that members of a foreign country will even be allowed to work here? And before you mention EU rules, Scotland isn't even a member, is it? I thought the UK was. I do hope they are let in when they are in a position to apply. Looking at, for example, the Czech Republic (I think the most recent or one of the most recent members) it took a fair number of years between signing up and full memebership. While Scotland is in that hole, let's hope the UK is generous enough to overlook some of the rules.
EDIT: Will the Free Scottish Nation be paying for the collection of all the UK Passports held by Scots and the deportation of all the new illegal immigrants or will that fall to the remaining UK tax payers?
Last edited by Courtney Mil; 20th January 2012 at 17:16.
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